Mamá the Spider at Guggenheim Museum, a photo from Vizcaya, Pais Vasco

Photographer's Note

"Mamá" is a spider of ten meters of height, occupies with his long legs and its worrying presence the back part of the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, next to La Salve bridge.

The spider is a sculpture of bronze, steel and marble of the French artist, settled down in the United States, Louise Bourgeois (Paris, 1911), and is one of the three existing reproductions - of a total of seven possible ones of this work, of 1999, inspired by the maternal figure.
(Scanned picture)

"Mamá" es una araña de diez metros de altura, ocupa con sus larguísimas patas y su presencia inquietante la parte trasera del Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, junto al puente de La Salve.

La obra es una escultura de bronce, acero y mármol de la artista francesa, afincada en Estados Unidos, Louise Bourgeois (París, 1911), y es una de las tres reproducciones existentes -de un total de siete posibles- de esta obra, de 1999, inspirada en la figura materna.
(Foto escaneada).

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Midnight_sun (1941) 2004-04-27 4:51

An interesting piece of art, i wish i could see more of it here. This orange tone is a little off putting to me; it just feels artifical... did you try this in b&w?
A lower view point would have cleared this image up, as the spider would have been silhouetted against the sky, instead of a nice looking building that has the same colour. Good shot.

amirkah (309) 2005-10-24 4:59